Maher: GOP fiddles as planet fries

Liberal comedian Bill Maher says that “we’re frying the planet” but that nothing is being done to stop it because conservatives don’t agree on what’s happening.

“We’re frying the planet, we know it, we know how to arrest it and one side’s solution is to privatize Medicare and close Planned Parenthood. In other words, do nothing,” the host of HBO’s “Real Time” blogged on Wednesday.

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He continued: “It’s just another case of not being able to craft a solution or even begin a discussion because one side is dealing in science and facts and reality and the other is stuck in a state of uninformed, ideologically based paranoia. It’s like a city council trying to debate whether or not to put up a stop sign at a certain intersection to keep the kids safe, when some of the council members deny the existence of cars.”

President Barack Obama brought new attention to climate change when he mentioned it Monday in his inaugural speech in Washington.

“We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations,” Obama said in the speech. “Some may still deny the overwhelming judgment of science, but none can avoid the devastating impact of raging fires, and crippling drought and more powerful storms.”